We had a good first month, and we’re ready to make this one even better. October’s theme is Secrets, and we’ll be talking about things people normally don’t talk about, like depression and masturbation, along with candy, which people never shut up about, and for good reason. Candy is good. Loooove candy. Candy.

Even more interesting than secrets themselves are the people whom they belong to. October’s spookiness is a perfect reason (not that it should ever need a reason, duh) to embrace more-mysterious heroines like Wednesday Addams, Margot Tenenbaum, Allison Reynolds of The Breakfast Club, and even Jane Eyre, who might be the godmother of teen witches.

When I use this term, I don’t mean actual Wiccans, but rather the cultural clan of girls who have a kind of strange, dark magic about them that you can’t quite place, and which they definitely won’t help you figure out. Lula, one of my favorite magazines, worded it best when they did their angsty-girls issue: “They know that life, most of the time, really kind of sucks, and we shouldn’t kid ourselves otherwise.” Not to be a total downer or anything, but sometimes it’s not that fun to pretend to be all happy, and the girl in the back of the class is always the most intriguing and endearing. Let me put it this way: my spellcheck just changed angsty to gangster. That should tell you enough.

I’m not quite cool enough to be that girl—I care about grades a little too much to be such a badass, and have trouble keeping my love for things like stickers bottled up—but I will always be her #1 mascot. Along with the mysteries and secrets in this issue, we’ll celebrate angst and moodiness. It’ll be like Rookie is on its period the ENTIRE MONTH! SO FUN! But an aesthetically pleasing period, and one that is not actually moody all the time, contrary to menstruation’s bad rap in bro movies. We have CANDY, remember?

Here’s a preview of some photos of these kindsa girls that will be going up at dinnertime today, plus me and Petra on the shoot trying to fit in:

i love that two of my halloween costumes for this year (yes, of course i have two costumes) are listed as inspiration for this month’s issue. i will be rocking my wednesday addams costume for hallowmas (a world inferno/friendship society show the friday before halloween in nyc) and my margot tenenbaum costume (complete with fur coat and false finger) on the actual day. looks like i’m already feeling these vibes, can’t wait to see what you have in store this month.

I love October so much, it’s my favorite month, I swear! Spookiness is just abounding everywhere. Can’t wait to see these angsty girl images… I always wish my inner angstiness was projected more easily to the world, but that’s kind of hard when you’re a good student too cowardly to break major rules.

this is so weird, because my friends are currently in the process of getting a metaphysical/witch club started at school. I’m taking this article as a sign from the universe to proceed in this endeavor…

Yoo-hoo! August’s theme is GIVE AND TAKE, and we’d like to take into consideration whatever submissions you have to give about that! (Even/especially if they’re as cheesy as we just were.) Send pitches to submission@rookiemag.com. ✴

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